( fluslct ( Ho. Republican
i ry TlitUBilny nt tlio County Bant.
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Entered nt the postofflcu at llrokcn HOW , Nnb. ,
it * trcoml-clnrw rentier for irKiipmlri-lim tbroiiKl
the U. H. Molls.
One Your , In Mviinro $1.W
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1'11UU8DAV , SEPT. 13 , 1000
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
| JOHN P. NKHMITT
It II. WINIWAM ,
KinVAUl ) HOYSU.
Presidential KlectotR U II IIAUUK ,
H. i' . iMvnmsoN ,
JACOII JACOIISON ,
JOHN Ii KKNKDV.
JOf lil'll I , . IANO.
HTATI5 TICIHCT.
For Qovcrnor.
Oil AS H DIETRICH , AduiiH.
For Llout Ooverntr.
K PSAVAGJ2 , Oiiulor.
For Secretary oCHlate.
G VV AIAK311 , Richardson.
For Auditor.
OH Ad WKSTON , Shoridan.
Bar Treasurer.
WM STEUFFEK , Cuminy.
For Attorney General.
FRANK N PKOUT , GAGE.
For Com Pub Londa and IJIdfjs
G D FOLLMER , Thaycr.
ForSupt Pub Initructlon.
W K FOVVLEH , Washington.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Jor Congrosfl.
MOSES P. KINKAID.
SKNATOKIAL.
For Senator , 15tli Senatorial Dlntrlct ,
HON. P. M. OUKUIE , Sargent.
REPRESENTATIVE.
For IlcprcucutiiUvcp , Mth Dlst. ,
OH AS. E. SPAFFORD.
JOSEPH PIGMAN.
COUNTY.
ForConnly Attoinoy ,
JUDtON 0. PORTER.
Republican Supervisor Conventions.
FinST DIBTHIOT.
The rrimbllcans of thw 1st Hupcrrlanr district o (
CiiHtnr county , Nebraska , will meet In convention
nt Wentervllle , Nobr. , Saturday , Sopt. 15 , 1WX ) , tu
plnco In tiomlnntlon it candidate for the olllco of
apcrTlior , nnil to trnnrnct nny otbur business
that may conic before tliu convoiitlon.
convoiitlon.DAVIH
DAVIH , Coin ,
REPUnLICAN CAUCU3ES.
VIOTOllU TOWNSHIP.
Thi > rcpnbllcnim of Victoria tnwnilp ) nro hereby -
by calliid to meet In Mooru's liull , In At nolmo ,
Nob. , Sa'.urduy , Suiluiiib | < < r 16 , MI U o'clock p. in ,
for the imrpoKu of piiicliK In noinluntlun a town
ship ticket , and for Ilia IraimartlOn of nny other
business Hint may como boforn tbu muctlnu.
O. D I'EI.IUU , Com.
BEIIWYN TOWNfllir.
Tito rcpnbltcMin of llcruyn township nroliorcby
called to mout In Mr , \ \ atnrbury's ' Btoru , Friday ,
September Slot , At ! ! o'clock p , m , , for the pur-
IIOPO of ( ilnclnj ; In nomitiu ion n full town > lilt >
tlokrt. and for tlio tranm ctlnn of any otliur Intel-
110 > that tnny come before tlio CHUCIIH.
JiO.TAYUIl , Cum.
nrtOKEN low TOWNSHIP.
Tlio republican tOeotors of llrokcn Uow town.
ililii nro hereby called to meat nt tbu court honso
in llrokcn How , Neb , an Monday , Hcpt. 17 1000 ,
at 3:80 o'clock p m , . for tliu vurposo of placing
In nuinlnntlon a cundldnte for member of the
board of coynty Miporvhorn , lor fiipcrvlsor din *
trlctmi.3 , for the r.omlnntion of t full pot of
cnndldutCB for tnwnrhlp olllcorp , and for tlio tran
saction of all o li r bunlno 8 tirnimrly coming before -
fore ( aid primary. K. HOYPB , Com
The State Fair , held at Lincoln
latt week , was a great HUOOCHH.
Almost daily wo learn of BOIIIO
new convert to AluKinloy in CtiBtoi
oomity. Lot tlio good work go on.
The attention of tlio readers of
the RKPUHLIOAN is called thi week
to the artiolo of Sam JOIIOH on
trusts. It will interest you whether
you aouept it or not.
Mary Ellen Lease , of Kansas
fame , is stumping this elate for
MoKiuloy. She said she had to
make a choice between republican
ism and coppurhoadiHui , and she
tlio former.
The democrats of tlio south is
tbo dominant clement of the demo-
orati.o party , yet they do not submit
tbo right of iranohiuo to the consent
of the governed. Bryan is their
candidate lor tbo presidency.
The county tlivition papers are
now reaping a harvest in publishing
two arid three column articles prepared -
pared by tbo would-bo county seat
boomers. They got two dollars a
column for each lasuo for division
matter.
Our readers arc favored this week
with pictures of ibo republican
nominees for state oflioep , with tbo
exception of one , winch wo printed
last week. They arc in em of in-
tolligonun , and highly recommended
by their respective localities.
J. S , Kirkpatrick , cf Lincoln ,
was among the city visitors this
week. Just whut politiual deal
Kirk has on his bunds , wo have not
boon informed. Whether be is looking -
ing after Poynter's or Neville's in
terests , or is trying to persuade the
mid-roadeis to desist from putting
up a county ticket , may bo learned
later ,
If you hear a man kicking that
hoard M. VV. Howard at tbo court
hoiiHO laht Friday night , you maybe
bo sure ho is a democrat.
'I IIOBO who bclievo in tbo ficmo-
oralio policy of tbo south , in dis
franchising nil who cannot read
and interpret tlio constitution sat
isfactorily to tbo loaders of the
domocr.itio party , will bo found
voting for Uryan.
Galvfslon , Texas , was badly
wtt-ckod Saturday by n hoovyjwind.
The water from ibo gulf Hooded
tbo city , from tbo forcoof Ibo wind ,
from tbrt'O to ten feet. The stores
were Hooded , botiHrs and chips
wrecked , and from 3,000 to 5,000
lives lost. Great destitution exists
among the sumvoM.
Every farmer who wants to bo
thoroughly posted on tlio qucfltions
involved in this nation's foreign
policy the past throe yearn , should
not fail to real President MoKin-
ley's loiter of acceptance , whiob
appeared in the slalu dailies iMon
day. He not only tells junt what
lias been done by tlio admtniritra.
tion , but tellH why.
The liybt in Omaha between
LtosowaUr and Webster for sena
torial preference last , Friday , was a
decided victory tor the editor.
There is but little doubt but that
the Rosewater delegation will bo
elected from Douglas county , but it
does not vouchsafe his election to
the United Staltfc senate. Ouster
county has a candidate.
In our slatamont last week , that
the finance committee who had
been delegated the authority to
collect the delinquent tax , had em
ployed Olydo Carlos to do the wor. . ,
wo did not mean the standing
finance committee , but tbo npcoial
committee , whiob if we are correctly
informed , oopsists of Gco. Uarr ,
John Ooonoy and J. T. Arthur.
dipt. Dorringlou root ivod a letter
Irom his son L. A last Sunday , in
which ho staled that ho had boon
appointed quartermaster of the
Philippine cavalry without solicita
tion. Ho says within tbo past year
a 12 public Fobools have b"en estab
lished in Manila. The loyal Filipi
nos are rapidly applying for enlist
mcnt in the American army , and
they make good soldiers. Alliance
Grip.
The statement made by the Chief
od Beacon to the effco' that A. 13.
Hartley , chairman of the mid-road
populist conimitlop , had forsaken
the oauso and joined with the fusionists -
sionists , seems to have boon a fake.
Wo noticed th.il Mr. Hartley was
ouo of the active participants in tbo
mid-road congressional mooting ,
told bore last Saturday night , and
'rom tlio hearty applause ho gave
the speaker , Mr. Howard , it did not
seem that ho had lost any cf his
'ormer enthusiasm.
The republican legislative tiokot
will be shown to bo strong when
the votes arc counted in November.
Joseph Pigman is not only well
lualified , but a pleasant and genial
r'oung man who will make friends
wherever be goes , and bettor than
all , will bo a tower of strength
when ho gets to Lincoln. Person
ally wo do not know so much about
Ohas E Spafford , of Gandy , the
other nominee , but ho is a young
man of line appearance , and his
mpnlarity in his own county was
shown by bis election last fall as
sheriff of Logan county , which bad
aeon populist by nearly 100 ma-
iority.
President MoKinley's letter of ac
ceptance of the republican nomiua
tion for tbo presidency is a most
able promulgation of tbo principles
of the republican party , and a manly
and strong defense of the policy of
the administration since his inaugu
ration , lie takes up in detail the
course of the administration in
haling with Spa < n , and tbo policy
of this povernmuit with its wards ,
acquired as tbo result of the war
with Spain. Wo are unable to BOO
iow any unprejudiced American
can read the letter and not bo con
vinced that McKiuloy'ri position has
H'ou right , and that it was the only
jouorable method that could have
ioen pursued.
The election in Maine last Mon-
diy gave the n-jiublican ticket
33,000 majority over the democratic
ticket. Like the vote in Vermont ,
the republican majority fell short
of the vote cnwl f < r McKinley in
1890. I < rom thin the democrats
Hatter them elvc that rop'.bl.canism
is on tlu > wniir , while demoorvy is
in the ascitidency. Upon the fur-
face ( bill conclusion HcnniH logical.
Hilt there arc conditions that iavor
the other phase of the question , and
wo shall look fur proof < /f it in the
November election. In IHOO the
election uan on presidential candi-
datoc , and tbo UHUP was 10-to-l
Democrats in largo nninbeis sup
ported olcKinloy oimply because
they were ng.iinst Bryan's theory.
In the recent state clediniiH 10-to-l
was not tlio ihsuo , but local cantii
dates wns. Democrats naturally
vokd for tboHo who were nominated
by the democratic party. The tfn
per cent lo s in ihe republican vote
no doubt was tlio democratic vote
for MuKmltiy , mid they will doubt.
IOHS vote for him i gain in Novf'in-
b r , when the ibsuo is between him
and Bryan and 10 lo-l
Tito Annual Coinage.
Senator Sherman , in support of
ll'o act of 1800 , said : "If our pres
ent currency is estimated at $1,400-
000,000 , and our population is iu-
croas.ng at the ratio of 3 per cent
per annum , it would rcquro $12 ,
000,000 increased circulation each
year to keep pace with tbo inertia e
of population" In commenting
upon tbin , Mr. Bryan stated in his
Madison Square Garden speech :
"If tbo Unlti'd States then noided
more than $12,000,000 aiMiuall , to
keep pttco with the population and
busincBH , it now , with a larger pop
illation necdt * a still greater addition ;
and the United Statew is only one
nation among many. Our opponents
make no adequate provision for the
increasing monetary needs of the
world "
'I bo report of the director of the
mint for 1809 , effectively refutes
the sta'oment of Mr , Bryan that
"our opponentH make no adtquato
provision for the inuruasing mone
tary needs of tbo world. " This
report shows that the gold coinage
alone for 1800 was $108,000,000 ,
together with $28,000,000 ot silver
and subsidiary coinage , makini ; a
total of * 13(5,000,000 ( , or almost
treble the amoiiMl Mr. Mryan n I sited
was required annually for the "in-
oroaiing monetary needs of the
world. " Tbo Conservative.
The Paramount IHSII .
Tbo paramount issue to bo fought
out in the battle of 1900 may be
summtd up in live Binall wordf. Do
you want a change ?
This is tbo simple question that
every citizen will atk himself before
ho castu Inn ballot , and the verdict
will depend upon the conclusion
reached by a majority of tlio 15 , .
000,000 voters who will record
Uienifielves on one side or the other
next November.
It o.i n not bo gainsaid that the
Amurican people nro as prosperous
and woll-to do this year as they
over have boon. Do the American
people want a change ?
Does the grtat army of wage-
workers , which is bettor fed , bettor
clothed and bettor housed now than
uver before , want a change ?
Do the American farmers , whoso
products arc in steady demand at
; > oed prices at homo and abroad ,
w.iut a change ?
Do the merchants and tradesmen
of the country , who arc doing a
larger business in the aggregate
than ever be-fore , want a ohange ?
Do the manufacturers and employers -
ployors of labor in mill an.l factory ,
whose products are marketable now
at fair profit , want a change ?
Do tlio profession. . ! men , whone
services command higher remunera
tion now than ever before , want a
change ?
What would any of those classes
jam by a change ?
Tt'is is tbo poser which neither
Mr. Bryan nor any of his cham
pions will bo able to answer satis-
'aotorily. They will talk about the
Declaration of Independence , about
the crime of 1873 , about the bean-
ties of free silver coinage , about the
lisastrous gold standard , about the
monico of imperialism and militar-
sm and about tbo rapacity of the
ti usts. But all tboHO subjects are
ovorfibadowed by the question that
dominates all men wbo are con
Rtantly striving to bettor their con.
dition , but do not willfully and deliberate -
liberate ! ? cxposo themselves and
their families to the risk of a relapse
to the distressing , hard times ox-
: iorionoed before tin advent of Mo
ICinloy and the ascendancy of re
publican policies that Imvo restored
confidence , raised ibo national credit
and set the wheels of industrial and
commercial activity in motion.
Omaha Bee. j
CHARLES H. UIKTKIOII.
V1
CHARLES WESTON.
WILLIAM STUEFCR.
FUANK K. I'HOUT.
QF.OUOE D. FOLLMEH.
Indications That It Will Give
Its Vote to McKinley.
Vnbllc SnntliiK-nt Steadily CiwiMglng.
Abiuc < > r Kit-cut Ire Authority.
Omaha , Sept. 10. At a pace that
tvlnc.cs deliberation and sober thought
Nebraska is making its way toward
the Republican column.
It is no idle assertion to say that at
this very time Nebraska Is a doubtful
state , with sentiment steadily chang
ing In favor of the Republicans , In that
degree as to justify the assertion that
it will give its electoral vote to McKin
ley.
ley.The
The effort of the fusion campaign
malingers to stem the tide by trying
to meet the logic of events with bug
aboos and vagaries Is falling far abort
of utcompllshlng its purpose.
In the ilrst place , the people of Ne
braska are too Intelligent to be duped
In any suoh way. They know that the
cry of "imperialism" and "militarism"
is only a scheme to divert attention
from the real Issues. They know that
it Is Intended for no other purpose than
to keep them from thinking of the ter
rible distress of four years' ago , and
from comparing the philosophy and
prophecy of the "boy orator" In 1800 ,
as to what terrible things would hap
pen if McKinley was elected , with
what really has happened. Knowing
this , the people are. turning their backs
upon bugaboos and are giving prob
lems associated with their domestic af
fairs careful consideration.
The people are asking themselves
what guarantee have they , if Bryan is
elected , that the terrible Industrial
and commercial distress of four years
ago will not return ?
They are asking themselves why
they should desert a wise leader and
sound policy a policy that has brought
good prices for all farm products , that
has closed the free soup house and
opened the factories to ten million la
boring people for an unwise leader ,
and an unsound policy that , every time
It has been tested and applied , has
precipitated a financial and industrial
crlslH , has stilled the hand of labor
and extinguished the fires in nearly
every factory.
They are asking themselves why
they should reject that which has been
proven to be for their best Interest
for that which history proves to be
weighted down with Injury and dan
ger.
ger.There
There was a time when many of the
people of Nebraska permitted others
to think for them. They were too busy
with their own personal affairs , or too
confiding , to devote attention to polit
ical problems. For that reason many
honestly believed in the vagaries of
Bryan in 1SOG. They accepted what
lie suid as gospel truth without stop
ping to consider for a moment.
It is different today. They have
learned to the contrary In the school of
xperlence. They have been taught to
think for themselves , and , in doing
this , they have discovered to what ex
tent their confidence has been Imposed
upon. They have discovered that not
one of Bryan's predictions of 1SSKS has
come true. That ho was wrong In
each and every Instance. He told
them McKlnley's election would visit
upon the country inconceivable disas
ter. He told them that just so sure as
McKinley was elected this country
would be visited by such suffering and
distress as It had never before known.
Results have demonstrated that this ,
to say the least , was a vicious and
shameful Imposition on public credul
ity.
NOTHING TO GAIN.
The people of Nebraska know by
this time that they have nothing to
gain by voting for the Bryan electoral
ticket. They know full well that es
tablished policies of government are In
such close sympathy with Industrial
conditions that they cannot be dis
turbed without causing unrest , and
they know further , that to substitute
policies that are a tax on enterprise
and energy for policies that are stimu
lative moans to do that which sober
reason holds to be Inimical to the pub
lic weal.
It is vastly more important to the
voters of Nebraska that there shall be
good markets and good prices for farm
products , that labor shall be employed ,
that the money of the nation shall bo
free from spurious contamination and
Hluill be the very best , that money may
bo had at a low rate of Interest as a
stimulant of industry and as a relief
to the debtor , than that the Philip
pines shall be turned over to Aguln-
oldo's tribal government.
Concerned as nil patriotic Americans
nro In the proper solution of the Phil
ippine problem , the first and foremost
thing to be considered is the welfare
of the American people at home , espe
cially since the McKlnloy administra
tion has demonstrated its ability and
Intention to adjudicate the Philippine
question along that line most consist
ent with American customs and tra
ditions.
There Is no danger , as regards the
I'hllippinos. That problem will bo
properly solved. The great danger that
confronts the American people is free
trade , spurious money and consequent
low prices , Idle labor and hard times
ON A JUNKET.
Attorney General Symth Is off on an
other " "
"trust-smashing" expedition.
Why he hnd to put the state of Ne
braska to the expense of a junket to
New York with no possible objective
point , other than to achieve partisan
uoUn-lety , In s. question diffloult ot * v >
j Jutlon. Thus far lie has accomplished
I nothing. , nor IH he likely to , but on the
I other tmnd has added u few more fig
ures to the enormous amount expended -
pended by his department In one way
and another the last two years. No
other attorney general ever made moro
grand stand plays for political effect
and no other was over loss successful.
No attorney general ever gave the people
ple such small returns on the money
expended. From first to lost It 1ms
been a play to the galleries , with the
result that much money has boon ex
pended and very little If anything ac
complished. If Attorney General
Smyth really Intended to drive trusts
Into exile ho would hardly Indulge In
the profitless practice of chasing phan
toms about the country when ho has
any amount of material to work on
right within the limits of his homo
community. It may be enjoyable sport'
for him , but It Is rather expensive sport
to the tax payers , who will have to
go down into their pockets and pay tua
blllH.
ATTESTED PROSPERITY. { J
Reports from tlio various towns and
cities throughout Nebraska , bearing
on the financial condition of the poo-
pie , go to indicate that there has been
a Hiibstanllal Increase In the earnings
and savings of the people the last four
years. Of the many reports received
not one shows a decrease in the
amount of money deposited. All show
a substantial Increase. Four years ago
money was a scarce article and the
borrower , even on the best collateral
found it dlllk-nlt to negotiate a loan.
Today money Is abundant , and , what
is more significant , much of the money
being loaned out , is , not the money of
eat-'tern capitalists as formerly , but
money deposited by and belonging to
the people of Nebraska. More than
? yo,000,000 is money belonging to peo- fr
pie of Nebraska. Nearly , " > 0 per cent *
of the mortgages held against Nebras
ka collateral Is hold by Nebraska pee
ple. In the last four years the people
of Nebraska Imvo Increased their
bank deposits by more tuan-jO,000,000 : ,
while the amount that has gone Into
new homos , new farms , now enter
prises and now Industries , is fully
twice as large. The prosperity of the
business man , of the fanner and of the
laborer , is abundantly attested by
these figures.
INVADED THE ASYLUM.
Since it has been discovered that
the editor of the Dos Molncs Globe , a
paper from which the fusion organs
have been gathering campaign mate
rial as a result of its Incendiary utter
ances on imperialism , was formerly an
Inmate of an asylum for the insane ,
the fusion editors have with a display
of reluctance deserted him , and they
now find themselves subjected to the
humiliation of having quoted as au
thority the irrational , Irrelevant and
insane opinions of an Insane mind.
The Omaha AVorld-IIornld , which
has devoted column after column of
space to the reproduction of the edi
torials of tills poor unfortunate , after
having learned that he was at one
time an Inmate of an asylum for tlio
insane , and after knowing that his
mental faculties have not as yet re- V ,
covered their equilibrium , still persists / '
In palming off his spurious opinions
upon its readers. Other fusion papers
have discovered their mistake and quit
it. The World-Herald alone still keeps
at it , presumably because It had given
up more space to the reproduction of
his articles and was therefore all the
more sadly taken in. HH readers , how
ever , will hardly fail to hold it to ac
count , oven though partisan , for per
sisting In filling its columns with tlio-
dlstortcd conceptions of a disordered
brain , it is no doubt the concensus of
opinion that the fusion editors are
abundantly able to distort facts , oven
to that extent as to reilect insanity ,
without going Into partnership with'a
person admittedly Insane.
It is safe to assume , though having
discovered that the author of these ar
ticles which they have been palming
off on their readers is irresponsible by
reason of a disordered mentality , not
one of the fusion editors will Imvo the
manhood to apologize to the public or
to acknowledge the mistake.
In attempting by this ruse to fore
shadow the policy of the Republican
party the fusion editors are less con
siderate than humanity generally , for
It Is a well established principle of
ethical jurisprudence that no one of
unsound mind shall be hold accounta
ble for his words or deeds. In this in.
stance , however , not alone do they af-
feet'to hold the lunatic accountable ,
but they persist In holding the Repub
lican party accountable along with A
him. It Is a flagrant Imposition upon
the public , nothing more.
A VULNERABLE PRACTICE.
The custom or practice which
per
mits officials to sell public property
and not make a proper accounting of
the funds to the treasurer and auditor
is a vulnerable one at best. Surrounded -
ed by every safeguard possible It nev
ertheless affords au opportunity for
the dishonest and designing official to
rob the tax payers. -Jr
In the reports ( hat have been pub.
llshcd from time to time , concerning
the management of the state lustltu-
tions the last two years , evidence of
this character stands out prominently.
In moro than one instance it has been '
discovered that property has been sold
and the money misappropriated.
. Some
of Governor '
Poynter's appointees have
not boon slow to make
use of this opportunity -
portunity to replenish their exchequer
Just to what extent this practice had
been carried is not as yet fully known ,
though there Is evidence that much
money has been diverted from the
proper channel In this way.
This custom or practice lias been In
vogm > for some time , yet It Is u tuoit i
ouo to the tux puycra.